Dr. Efstathia Korkou is an Assistant Professor in the department of Business and Economics. Her research lies in the area of Behavioral Finance and Financial Economics. More specifically, her work deals with the study and empirical measurement of gender differences in risk aversion once individuals are called to allocate their wealth and make investment and retirement decisions. Prior to joining York as an Assistant Professor, she has been teaching extensively as an Adjunct Lecturer at several colleges of CUNY, as a Teaching Assistant at Barnard College of Columbia University, and as an Adjunct Instructor at the School of Professional Studies of New York University. Her teaching philosophy is “in every class, to manage, through constant evaluation, repetition, and close monitoring of students’ performance, to equip all her students with the minimum of skills required, and further, to motivate and guide those students wishing to explore the material even deeper”.

Areas of Expertise

Behavioral FinanceFinancial EconomicsExperimental Economics

Articles in Field Of Expertise

Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances

" Women and Financial Risk Aversion: A Study Over Time " February 23 – 26, 2017: 43rd Annual Conference of the Eastern Economic Association (EEA), New York, New York.

" Measurements of Risk-Taking Behaviors Across Different Demographic Subgroups " December 6, 2016: School of Business & Information Systems, York College of the City University of New York: Faculty Seminar.

Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships

Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship (ECF), The Graduate Center of the City University of New York: 2011 - 2016.

AHEPA, Educational Foundation (AEF) Scholarship: 2014.

Gerondelis Foundation Scholarship: 2012.

Fulbright Scholarship: 2011 - 2012.

Grants-In-Aid

Doctoral Student Research Grant (Round 11), The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, "Women and Financial Risk Aversion: A Study Over Time". 06/01/2016 - 05/31/2017: $955.

Other Professional Activities and Public Service

Judge, Junior Mathematics, Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS), York College of the City University of New York: February 5, 2017.